Ex-NBA star arrested on pot charge

Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle |
July 22, 2006

Former NBA player Shawn Kemp was arrested and charged in Harris County on Friday on a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana.

The Sheriff's Office said Kemp, 36, was pulled over by a deputy in the 13500 block of Alief Clodine shortly after midnight for driving without a license plate.

During the traffic stop, the deputy said, he smelled "an odor of burnt marijuana" coming from Kemp's car, where he later found less than 2 ounces of marijuana.

Kemp's car was towed. He was taken to the Harris County Jail and later released after posting a $500 cash bond, authorities said. His court appearance is scheduled for July 28.

Kemp, who lives in Houston, retired in 2003 after 14 years in the NBA. He appeared in six NBA All-Star games and was a member of the gold-medal-winning Dream Team II at the 1994 World Championship of Basketball.